Osprey Monitoring & Sightings
Where are Osprey Nesting?
For more than 15 years, Greenbelt has been dedicated to Osprey conservation through the construction and maintenance of nesting platforms, data collection, public education, and collaborative research efforts aimed at protecting this once endangered species. Volunteers submit their sightings online, and the most recent sightings are displayed in real-time.
Osprey Sighting Form
Help track Osprey behavior north of Boston by submitting your observations using our easy-to-use online reporting form.
Osprey Sightings Archive Search
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SAU-05 - Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-13
02:20 PM to 02:25 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64F, S at 8mph, partly cloudy
Other Activity: Just the one on the nest. Again, no male in sight.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments: Visibility is poor at this distance, even with minimal heat.
Name: Karyl Stoia
Nest Name:
SAU-04A - General Electric Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Choose Activity Observed
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-13
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: sunny,calm 66F
Other Activity: osprey in nest got up and is moving around as if checking on her eggs. Male is sitting nearby in marsh
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: 2 ospreys far in distance are circling high above the Powerline nest
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-13
02:20 PM to 02:25 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64F, S at 8mph, partly cloudy
Other Activity: Just the one squatted down on the nest. No other visible.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-13
12:30 PM to 12:45 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 66F, slight breeze, mostly cloudy but clear
Other Activity: one OSPR perched on a lower rung of the tower, but no evidence of an OSPR on the nest; as before, line of site is obscured
Observation Method: foor
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-04 - Jacob’s Park Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-13
01:15 PM to 01:25 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64F, S at 8mph, partly cloudy
Other Activity: One squatted down on the nest, the other on the separate perch down below.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
REV-01 - Pines River Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-13
02:20 PM to 02:25 PM
at: Revere
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 64F, S at 8mph, partly cloudy
Other Activity: Just the one squatted down on the nest. No male in sight.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-13
07:15 AM to 07:35 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 51 degF, light swirly breeze, clear sky
Other Activity: male from NPT-03 flew up to the nest with the incubating NPT-05 female, and continued feeding itself there
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-03 - Woodbridge Island Duck Blind #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-13
07:15 AM to 07:35 AM
at: Newburyport
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 51 degF, light swirly breeze, clear sky
Other Activity: one bird in nest; second bird down in grass feeding self; it flew up to the nest, perhaps delivered food, flew back down; what's interesting is that later it flew over to the NBPT-05 and seemed to continue feeding itself there
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-13
07:15 AM to 07:35 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 51 degF, light swirly breeze, clear sky
Other Activity:
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-05-13
07:40 AM to 07:55 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 50 degF, moderate wind from NW, clear sky
Other Activity: one bird incubating, second bird on post perch feeding self from an enormous fish
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: this nest is not only huge, but it is 'way off to the side, so that the bulk of the nest where the female is incubating is over the rim (on the south side, I believe)